应激

應激

yìngjī

noun

Meanings

HSK 5

他一听到别人提起那次车祸就应激了。

Tā yì tīngdào biéren tíqǐ nà cì chēhuò jiù yìngjī le.

As soon as he hears someone mention that car crash, he freaks out.

HSK 7-9

猫咪到了新环境容易应激。

Māomī dào le xīn huánjìng róngyi yìngjī.

Cats easily get stressed in a new environment.

mistakes

应 is fourth tone here, 'to respond', not first-tone 应 'should'. The full term is 应激反应, and PTSD is 创伤后应激障碍.

A medical and pet-care word that has gone mainstream online as a verb for any sudden overreaction: 我一听就应激了, 'I freaked out the moment I heard it'.

应 yīng

激 jī